Dictionary Entry
dictate
dictate is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 10 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To tell or utter so that another may write down; to inspire; to compose; as, to dictate a letter to an amanuensis.
- 2transitive verb
To say; to utter; to communicate authoritatively; to deliver (a command) to a subordinate; to declare with authority; to impose; as, to dictate the terms of a treaty; a general dictates orders to his troops.
- 3intransitive verb
To speak as a superior; to command; to impose conditions (on).
- 4intransitive verb
To compose literary works; to tell what shall be written or said by another.
- 5transitive verb
A statement delivered with authority; an order; a command; an authoritative rule, principle, or maxim; a prescription; as, listen to the dictates of your conscience; the dictates of the gospel.
- 6noun
a guiding principle
"the dictates of reason"
- 7noun
an authoritative rule
- 8verb
say out loud for the purpose of recording
"He dictated a report to his secretary"
- 9verb
issue commands or orders for
- 10verb
rule as a dictator
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